Call For Papers

Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) is playing an essential role
in the success of the large, complex and sophisticated
software solutions that we design, build and deploy today and its ongoing adoption among
businesses, governments, and other organizations offers a constantly expanding
ground for collaboration, business development and innovation.

The workshop aims to bring together researchers, practitioners and members of the FLOSS
community to discuss the critical underpinnings of a decision to release software with a Free/Libre
Open Source License. The goal is to identify and elaborate on the pragmatic
concerns involved in the decision, covering aspects that include, but are not
limited to, the following:

FLOSS and business models: Can it strengthen a business model, paving
the way to new opportunities?

FLOSS and innovation: Is it suitable for an innovative startup or small
company?

FLOSS and licensing: Which license should be chosen and what risks are
involved, if any?

FLOSS and communities: What social and technical skills are required to
build an international FLOSS community?

FLOSS and the software lifecycle: How FLOSS affects the software
development lifecycle (methodology, tooling, project governance and team management)?

FLOSS and sustainability: How does the cost of developing and maintaining FLOSS
compares to developing and maintaining proprietary software? By and large, is
FLOSS more sustainable than proprietary software?

The workshop seeks for contributions that will elaborate on the above or
related topics and discuss lessons learned, suggest best practices, report on
previous experience (reflecting on successes or failures), pinpoint anti-patterns,
and, ultimately, articulate the crucial issues to be taken under consideration by the
decision makers (such as software developers, product managers, business
stakeholders).

Important Dates

Submission of papers: April 1

Notification of acceptance: April 11

Camera-ready paper due: April 25

Submission guidelines

All submissions must be 5 pages maximum in the Springer conference paper
format. The bibliographic references do not count towards the page limit.

Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published by Springer in IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIP AICT) Series.
All information relevant to contributing authors regarding the IFIP AICT print/electronic publication process can be found at www.springer.com/series/6102. Particularly we would like to ask the authors to apply the Springer conference paper templates, which can be found in the author’s instruction page.

Organizers

Kostas Saidis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens & National
Technical University of Athens (Greece)